Hisao Yoshitani
Actor · b. 1903 · Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Movies18
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Hideki Yamaga runs a used bookstore in Ginza. He is a man known for his great physical strength, helping the weak and standing up to the strong, and is deeply respected and loved by the women of the city. Nicknamed “The Lone Wolf,” Hideki takes special care of street children. One morning, he rescues Kim Ono, a country girl who was standing there dazed with a single duffel bag, and asks Katsuko, the owner of a dressmaking shop he knows well, to hire her.
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A film adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s popular novel.
MovieDramaKamezo, a manzai comedian, had been taking a break from performing while his partner Tsuruko was giving birth, but Tsuruko announced that she was retiring from the stage. That child was, in fact, the son of Takashi Yashiro, a politician with a promising future. Believing that a relationship between a politician and a female manzai comedian would bring unhappiness to Yashiro and his wife, Tsuruko changed her address and was even preparing to leave the stage. Tsuruko’s alcoholic father, having caught wind of this, snatched the child, Yoko, and squandered the small sum of money he had received from Yashiro on drinking.
Movie6.6DramaComedyA playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his new home, too.
- MovieMusicComedy
Yoshio Kawai is a lowly singer at the Bonbon-za, a third-rate theater in Asakusa. Together with fellow low-ranking actors Tokuri, Kameda, and Hanayama—and centered around Yumi, the beautiful dancer who serves as their mascot—they form a poor but cheerful group of five.
Movie6.1RomanceCrimeRaucous small-time thief Kenji falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, but when she finds out what kind of guy he really is, she leaves him until he proves to be honest. Kenji soon finds it's not so easy to get rid of one's past.
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Movie10.0ComedyLost silent film
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A state-sponsored film featuring singers who embodied the joys of rural life.
Movie10.0WarDramaA farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real aircraft, develops a friendship with the daughter of the local squire, who introduces the lad to her pilot brother and his flying officer friends; through hard work, and despite the handicap of a lowly class status, he eventually succeeds in qualifying as a pilot and joining the air force.
- Movie9.0
MovieDramaJapanese silent film from 1928, ranked as Kinema Junpo's second-best Japanese movie of the year.
- Movie10.0
Japanese silent film from 1929.
Movie10.0MusicDramaIn 1930s Japan, a beer seller and a struggling music student fall in love while chasing their dreams.
Movie5.8ComedyTwo friends accidentally run into a young, homeless woman, so they take her in.
Movie8.0DramaA blacksmith is chased out of the village by the sinister village chief and forced to move to the forest with his wife and two sons. The blacksmith's younger son is disabled, and the other children in the village tease him. The older son aspires to become a doctor in order to fix his brother's leg. The film depicts the bond between a father and his sons. Only 18 minutes survive.
MovieDramaFilm about poet Ishikawa Takuboku
- MovieComedy
Japanese silent comedy from 1930. The directorial debut of Hiromasa Nomura.